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Synonyms for tree

Most common

pollard seedling sapling

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance from the ground, having leaves and branches.

    Birds have a nest in a tree in the garden.

Forms

Plural
trees → saplings, seedlings, pollards…

Example sentences

  • seedling At the foot of the palm tree there grows a palm seedling.
  • sapling We planted an acer sapling in our garden last spring.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
treerising
pollardfalling
seedlingfalling
saplingrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

7 letters
pollard2, sapling2
8 letters
seedling2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pollard2 = 2 syllables).

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arbre
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árbol
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